Sale of plastic bottles should not be permitted in countries that do not recycle plastic trash.­

And in countries where plastic trash is recycled, there should be a tax on plastic bottles, used to finance recycling and to encourage people to bring their plastic trash to recycling centers where they would get that tax back.­ This is the case in many states in the US, and a lot of unemployed people make money by scavenging plastic trash and bringing it to recycling centers, where they get paid for the trash they bring.­ As a result, there is much less plastic trash in the environment.­